diff --git a/test/test_operators/test_representation.py b/test/test_operators/test_representation.py
index e4b727c5231ce1e830c043387e2e5b5ba2eb3b16..659c302e2f9035113996cb6c5c6759d52f7ab99a 100644
--- a/test/test_operators/test_representation.py
+++ b/test/test_operators/test_representation.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dtype = list2fixture([np.float64, np.complex128])
 
 
 def _check_repr(op):
-    rep = op.__repr__()
+    op.__repr__()
 
 
 @pmp('sp', _p_RG_spaces)